In the days before the 2016 US presidential election, voters across the country shared their enthusiasm by placing signs in their front yards with the names of their choice candidate. Taking note of the many Trump signs springing up across upstate New York, photographer Richard Beaven visited the homes of Trump supporters to better understand their perspective. One year later, Beaven returned to the same homes and asked them to grade the progress of their elected president.

Here, Richard Beaven shares his words and pictures from both 2016 and one year later in 2017.

Traveling around Donald Trump's home state of New York, I was inspired to embark on this project by the growing number of homemade signs for Trump appearing across the Hudson Valley and Capital District. I set out to meet and photograph the people behind the signs. One year later, I returned to photograph many of the New York voters I first photographed with their homemade signs before the 2016 US presidential election. The original portraits, which collectively I call “In Trump Country,” didn’t seem quite so important then, before the election. They do now. Many could not believe or would not believe it might happen. These people did.

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Oct. 13, 2016: The Vadneys had two campaign issued signs stolen before using the van.

One year later for Ann: “He gave people hope and hope makes things happen. I think he’s wonderful. ”Ann's grade for President Trump so far: “ A+ ”

One year later for Joe: “I am all for everything he is doing. He hits issues on the money. He talks down-to-earth. He has been trying to fulfill the commitments he made to the citizens that elected him.”